Hult 11/1 Research cont'd

Information Literacy is "the ability to locate, evaluate, and use information to become independent life-long learners" 
http://library.oglethorpe.edu/services/orientation_plan.pdf

Evaluating Information:
http://library.oglethorpe.edu/evaluating.html

Tips for writing and citing:
http://library.oglethorpe.edu/libweb/resources/writing.aspx

There are many websites that cite for you! Here's one:
http://citationmachine.net/

Tips on Writing an research paper:
http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw120703
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/658/01/

Encyclopedias:

A. Go to http://www.dekalblibrary.org/research/reference-databases.html

Scroll down to Grolier Encyclopedia

B. With a partner research one of following topics. 
Cubism
Abraham Lincoln
Mitosis
George Harrison
Bangkok
Carol Burnette
Union Pacific
Trail of Tears
Grunge
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Chrysler Building


C. Write a 2-5 sentence summary of what you read.
D. Compare your summary to your partner's. What accounts for the differences?

Comment:
1) What are the benefits of using an encyclopedia?
2) In what cases would an encyclopedia NOT be useful?
3) What are Google and Wikipedia good for?